floppy toccata and fugue

courtesy FunToTheHead

Bach played on floppy drive organ.

Via Synthtopia.

just hitting the snooze alarm to say

This watershed moment in pop history, Mia Farrow's haircut, is brought to you by the wraith of Louise Brooks and the good folks at The Hair Hall of Fame.

Now if I can only get the Theme from Peyton Place out of my head . . .


courtesy tvtestcard

adventures cathode and otherwise

The Wobbulator from blair neal on Vimeo.

Very groovy video tech as seen on Synthtopia.

And as seen & heard on Synthtopia, a little something about Delia Derbyshire:


courtesy UnmWit

ye band posters of olde

Well, one at least. Classic "caught the poster, not the show" scenario. In a sleepy college town long ago.


Okay, one more. Saw these folks at what may've been their first show. Was a fan from that point on:

Evelyn Glennie rocks the Lake District

Article about cool new stone xylophone.

MP3 of it playing.

Video all about it:

none other than

As seen on Pathway To Unknown Worlds.

Ghosts of the future convene in this ectoplasmic assemblage of pixels & sound.

Cathode irradiation of weeks spent curled by the icy warmth of the set waiting for this show to finally come on.

And here it comes bearing the vestments of Jerry Lee and Tristan Tzara. Ready, set, go.

proper medication

courtesy RhettandLink

I'm saving some of these great ads to watch after my periodontal appointment. But that's no reason for the rest of you to hold back.

Many thanks to the post-Fabulonian cabal who power The Hair Hall of Fame for sharing this Salt Lake Community College Cosmetology ad. After you've tipped your stylist, you can catch the making-of video here for add'l context/laughter.

And now another word or two or three from our sponsors . . .

For those who watch Glee and/or think of Alyson Hannigan one time at band camp:




Freedomize Explorer:




Bucks First:

out of their damn minds

The folks at PCL LinkDump post two videos that'll work some mighty voodoo: one of sonic DIY buzziness and another of one Bill (Wm. Burroughs) shooting another (Wm. Shakespeare).

An old compat musician/writer Michael W. Dean seeks not the Trail of the Lonesome Pine, but that of the Libertarian Punk out Wyoming way. And one day finds guns, bison and steam (if not in that order).

And he who has brought forth the planet that was FABULON, Chateau Thombeau and Wunderkammer sires within the without. Not crazy, per se. But adhering to the mind of no mind with the beautiful images and such.

Oh, wait--from A Basement of Curiosities, a man, his LP and a story . . .

dammit, that's *Sir* Gary Coleman . . .

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_coleman

If the Simpsons count for anything, he is.

Rest in peace, Sir Gary.

all your bookstore belong to us

courtesy FineMoustaches

Long live Brontësaurus!

straight to No. 1

No Input: The Noise Underground from Marc Schreibman on Vimeo.

As seen on Synthtopia.

(more than) two sides of Cathode Ave

1. the burning forest of the what?

Warning: there's disco, nudity and vast amounts of green screening. But given the bubbling semiotic stew herein, you'll be entirely too spun to be afeared or affronted. No brain will emerge unbroken. From the parallel universe loosely known as Italia '78 via the brave ironists of Chateau Thombeau.

2. rain and the polymer leaf

Zimoun dances the metal zephyr and the flailing arc at Disquiet.

3. guiding traffic from a deep space median

A friend found this bit of future fun as prognosticated in 1966 and reviewed by the good folks at Monster Movie Music.


courtesy zeonic6trial

4. but wait, there's more--aka the pong song

Act now and you'll intercept this pixel cloud on a Pathway To Unknown Worlds.

complex as you wanna be

Bill Altice of the Karen Cooper Complex recently commented quoting what a slew of neat blogs (Mutant Sounds, for instance) said of the crazy sounds these youngsters were putting out circa '81.

But five seconds into the first tune on KCC's Shinjuku Birdwalk, no recommendations were necessary.

Hail, yeah, y'all, let's break some waves . . .



UPDATE--"Jerkin' Pretty" video as embedded here and on good ol' YouTube.

well prepared

Extended Piano from Stephen Cornford on Vimeo.

A kinetic sound sculpture. Two guitar strings are attached to two bass strings of an upright piano. Mechanised bows play the guitar strings, whose vibrations resonate sympathetically through the whole piano. The sound is entirely acoustic.

Actually the above, cool as it is, is my second favorite. Works For Turntable posted here by Everyday Listening you really gotta see. And hear.

double shtick tape

Heino und Jerry im Über Space kindly brings us Nina Hagen and Don Rickles on Merv Griffin in 1985.

If that doesn't double your fun, there's always the story behind Evelyn Evelyn as told by singer/songwriter/force of nature Amanda F*cking Palmer.

Or perhaps the twin likeness of Philip Ahn/Master Kan from Kung Fu on If Charlie Parker Was A Gunslinger . . .

the last ping pong ball

courtesy mikecelona of www.mikecelona.net

Valentine's PSA

courtesy ALLEN0955

cool kids & cubes

Yard Sale Bloodbath shares a bit of 1985.

son of the forest breaks it down for us.

the Gobbler

Before my drifting into suspended animation, those two words will beat out "Rosebud".

As seen thanks to PCL LinkDump, the whole crazed thing called The Gobbler. Go now.

freakin' Sealtest Ice Cream

Cotton Candy Truant could be no truer to its name that to bring forth this sugar-dosed bit of deja vu all over again.